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food+stamps news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online newsenCopyright 20192019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00City officials weigh local impacts of Trump admin plan to trim immigrant benefitshttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031219_immig_benefits/city-officials-weigh-local-impacts-trump-admin-plan-trim-immigrant-benefits/
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TucsonSentinel.comA Trump administration plan to limit public assistance for legal immigrants simply “passes the buck down to cities who are going to have to figure out how to pay” for the lost benefits, local officials were told Monday.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Arizona food banks prepare for possible gov't shutdown – againhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020719_food_banks_shutdown/arizona-food-banks-prepare-possible-govt-shutdown-8211-again/
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TucsonSentinel.comFood banks across Arizona launched mobile services to help federal workers during the recent five-week shutdown, which taught them how to prepare for the possibility of another shutdown.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Shutdown strains already-stressed Native American health systemhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011419_native_health_shutdown/shutdown-strains-already-stressed-native-american-health-system/
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TucsonSentinel.comNative American tribes rely heavily on federal assistance for basic services such as health care, so the government shutdown is hitting them harder than others.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Factcheck: Trump's numbers, October 2018 updatehttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101518_trump_factcheck/factcheck-trumps-numbers-october-2018-update/
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TucsonSentinel.comStatistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Trump’s first budget draws praise, pans from Az lawmakershttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052417_az_trump_budget/trumps-first-budget-draws-praise-pans-from-az-lawmakers/
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TucsonSentinel.comThe White House said its proposed $4.09 trillion budget shows “respect for the people who pay the bills,” but Arizona Democrats said deep domestic cuts make it a “dangerous plan” that will hurt the most vulnerable Americans.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
SNAP food assistance cuts coming to Pima Countyhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040116_snap_cutbacks/snap-food-assistance-cuts-coming-pima-county/
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TucsonSentinel.comUnemployed SNAP recipients in Pima County will have 90 days to find employment or risk losing their food assistance. 40,000 Arizonans will be among more than 500,000 people across the country who will lose benefits commonly known as food stamps.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Hundreds of Az’s poorest families will be dropped from assistance programhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102115_welfare_cuts/hundreds-azs-poorest-families-will-dropped-from-assistance-program/
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TucsonSentinel.comNext July, Arizona will become the first and only state to impose a one-year lifetime limit for impoverished households receiving federal benefits from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Obama’s numbers, October updatehttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100815_obama_numbers/obamas-numbers-october-update/
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TucsonSentinel.comFactCheck's quarterly update of selected statistical indicators of Obama's presidency.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Obama's numbers, July updatehttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070815_obama_numbers/obamas-numbers-july-update/
http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070815_obama_numbers/obamas-numbers-july-update/
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TucsonSentinel.comUnemployment is down, as is home ownership, while business start-ups, paychecks and oil production are up.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Shellfish reform can teach morals to poorhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052015_welfare_op/shellfish-reform-can-teach-morals-poor/
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TucsonSentinel.comTo teach the poor about budgeting and delayed gratification, Arizona should impose reforms that make some items cost appreciably more than others. You may have read about the rampant abuse of food stamps by at least one person in California, who bought lobster instead of generic mac and cheese.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Biggs finds supply-side economics embarrassing & dangeroushttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031815_biggs/biggs-finds-supply-side-economics-embarrassing-dangerous/
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TucsonSentinel.comI'm sorry, did they trip over something? Arizona Senate President Andy Biggs is treating the results of Arizona's supply-side experiment like the Cousin Jesse the kids aren't supposed to talk about. Seems an odd approach, but a quarter-century of cutting taxes and spending has left Arizona trailing high-tax states.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Welfare drug tests fail to save Az predicted cashhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030615_welfare_drug_test/welfare-drug-tests-fail-save-az-predicted-cash/
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TucsonSentinel.comIn 2009, Arizona became the first state in the country to require drug tests for welfare recipients in effort to save the state dire-needed cash and ensure taxpayer dollars won’t go to drug users. The results, however, haven’t come to meet those expectations.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Census: Fewer Arizona households received food stamps in 2013http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030515_food_stamps/census-fewer-arizona-households-received-food-stamps-2013/
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TucsonSentinel.comTwo experts say the drop to an estimated 13.5 percent of Arizona households likely points to the state's improving economy. However, another said it could also be a sign that many people had used up their eligibility. To be eligible, a household's gross monthly income must be at or below 130 percent of the federal poverty line.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Obama's numbers, July updatehttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070614_obamas_july_numbers/obamas-numbers-july-update/
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TucsonSentinel.comJobs, profits, guns and health insurance. FactCheck.org's regular update of the statistics.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Census: Coconino led nation in births to single momshttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041714_single_moms/census-coconino-led-nation-births-single-moms/
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TucsonSentinel.comAlmost three in four babies born in Coconino County in 2011 were born to unmarried women, the highest rate in the nation, if Census Bureau estimates are correct. Experts question that number, but most agree that births to single moms is an issue for the state.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Az food-stamp recipients won’t feel farm bill funding cutshttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021014_az_food_stamps/az-food-stamp-recipients-wont-feel-farm-bill-funding-cuts/
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TucsonSentinel.comPresident Barack Obama signed a farm bill Friday that includes $8 billion in cuts to the food-stamp program over the next 10 years, but Arizona recipients will not see a reduction in their benefits. But advocates point to benefits cuts in November and worry that more may be coming.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Bachmann botches poverty statshttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011314_bachmann_botch/bachmann-botches-poverty-stats/
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TucsonSentinel.comRep. Michele Bachmann was wrong on two counts when she claimed today’s poverty rate is “only slightly below where it was in 1964″ and that the small improvement in the rate “came with a $20 trillion price tag.”
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
1.1 million Arizonans will see food-stamp cuts Fridayhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/103113_food_stamps/11-million-arizonans-will-see-food-stamp-cuts-friday/
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TucsonSentinel.comMore than 1.1 million Arizonans who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – better known as food stamps – will see their benefits reduced Friday in a long-planned national cut., ranging from $11 a month for a single recipient to $65 or more for large families.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Obama’s numbers, October updatehttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101013_obama_numbers/obamas-numbers-october-update/
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TucsonSentinel.comAmerica is still gaining jobs under President Obama, but millions more live in poverty, typical household incomes have not kept pace with inflation, and the federal debt is up nearly 90 percent and on pace to double before he leaves office. Stockholders, meanwhile, are far wealthier than they were the day he was sworn in.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Brewer, advocates: Larger welfare crisis looms if federal shutdown lingershttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100813_welfare_shutdown/brewer-advocates-larger-welfare-crisis-looms-if-federal-shutdown-lingers/
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TucsonSentinel.comWhile the governor has restored welfare payments to families whose checks were hung up by the federal shutdown, she's warning that a larger crisis looms. Food stamp payments that 1.1 million Arizonans rely on wouldn't go out if the impasse continues into November, she says.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Report: Arizona among worst in nation for childhood obesityhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091313_az_obese_kids/report-arizona-among-worst-nation-childhood-obesity/
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TucsonSentinel.comUpdated: Arizona had the seventh-highest rate of obesity in 2011 for children ages 10 to 17, says a new report unveiled Thursday. Arizona was the only Western state to rank in the 10 worst — the rest were in the South or the Midwest. Nearly 20 percent of Arizona youth were obese, compared to a high of 21.7 percent in Mississippi and a low of 9.9 percent in Oregon.
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Farm bill squeaks through House; almost entire Az delegation opposedhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071113_farm_bill/farm-bill-squeaks-through-house-almost-entire-az-delegation-opposed/
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TucsonSentinel.comThe U.S. House barely passed a farm bill Thursday afternoon, with only one member of the Arizona delegation supporting the measure after leaders stripped the food stamp program out of it. The 216-208 vote largely followed party lines, with every Democrat voting against the bill and 12 Republicans breaking ranks to vote against it.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Obama’s numbers (quarterly update)http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041713_obamas_numbers/obamas-numbers-quarterly-update/
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TucsonSentinel.comThere are insights that emerge from the first in a series of regular quarterly updates of key statistical indicators of the Obama presidency.
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Bachmann bungles Benghazi, food stampshttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032413_bachmann_benghazi/bachmann-bungles-benghazi-food-stamps/
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TucsonSentinel.comRep. Michele Bachmann used misleading and at times wildly inaccurate portrayals of two key domestic and foreign policy issues — food stamps and the response to an attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya — to paint President Obama as someone who doesn’t “care.”
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Underselling the sequester cutshttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030613_sequester_cuts/underselling-sequester-cuts/
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TucsonSentinel.comAn ad from a fiscally conservative group makes a true but misleading claim that the sequester only amounts to “a 3 percent cut in federal spending.” A majority of federal spending is exempt from the sequester cuts, so the parts that are not will be cut much more deeply than …
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
More pet owners eligible for free spay/neuter serviceshttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021613_free_spay_neuter/more-pet-owners-eligible-free-spay-neuter-services/
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TucsonSentinel.comUnder AWASA's expanded Pet Fix program, government assisted pet owners can get free spay/neuter surgeries for up to two animals per month at participating clinics.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Rising Az food-stamp rolls at near-record highshttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120412_food_stamps1/rising-az-food-stamp-rolls-near-record-highs/
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TucsonSentinel.comArizona adding 17,000 people to its food stamp roster in October has the state hanging onto near-record-high levels of assistance after 18 months. The increase from September to October brought the number of people receiving food stamps in the state to 1.14 million.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Farmers frustrated as farm bill set to expirehttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092812_farmer_frustration/farmers-frustrated-as-farm-bill-set-expire/
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TucsonSentinel.comCongress left town without acting on the farm bill, which expires Sept. 30. Its expiration won't immediately affect farmers and food-stamp recipients who benefit from the massive, multi-year bill - but that doesn't mean those groups are happy about the inaction.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Gabby Mercer tripped up by social media Darwinismhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/071512_social_media_darwinism/gabby-mercer-tripped-up-by-social-media-darwinism/
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TucsonSentinel.comOn Sunday night, Republican CD3 congressional candidate Gabriela Saucedo Mercer posted a snide comment on her Facebook page, comparing food stamp recipients to animals. Perhaps her "base" loved it. Others did not.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Farm bill: Putting our foot downhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/071012_farm_bill_comic/farm-bill-putting-our-foot-down/
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TucsonSentinel.comA revamped Farm Bill, scheduled for a vote this week, is set to cut $35 billion from the food stamp program. "One in seven Americans receive what we used to call food stamps. The figure is higher in Arizona, where one in three children – more than 466,000 – are considered ‘food insecure," said U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Romney: 'I'm not concerned about the very poor'http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_romney_poor/romney-im-not-concerned-very-poor/
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TucsonSentinel.comFlub comes a day after Romney swept the Florida primary, and the sound bite in which he says, "I'm not concerned about the very poor," could haunt him in the general election if he becomes the GOP nominee.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Newt's faulty food stamp claimhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011912_gingrich_food_stamps/newts-faulty-food-stamp-claim/
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TucsonSentinel.comNewt Gingrich claims that "more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history." He's wrong.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Eating healthy challenging in 'food desert'http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121611_az_food_deserts/eating-healthy-challenging-food-desert/
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TucsonSentinel.comThere are 700,000 Arizonans who live in what the federal government terms a food desert, or a low-income area that lacks immediate access to healthy, affordable food. It’s especially challenging for those receiving SNAP benefits.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
More Arizonans giving thanks on a food-stamp budgethttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112311_az_thanksgiving_foodstamps/more-arizonans-giving-thanks-food-stamp-budget/
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TucsonSentinel.comAs Arizonans gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, more than 1 million of them will be putting turkey on the table with the help of food stamps this year.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
17% of Arizonans on food stampshttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111711_food_stamps/17-arizonans-food-stamps/
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TucsonSentinel.comMore than 1.1 million Arizona residents—more than 17 percent of the state's population—are receiving food assistance from the government. 1,123,333 Arizonans are on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a jump of 7.2 percent over the past year.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Hispanic homes more likely to have hungerhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102311_az_hispanics_hunger/hispanic-homes-more-likely-have-hunger/
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TucsonSentinel.comOne in three Hispanic households with children is never sure if it will have enough food for all members of the family, according to a recent report.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Az 3rd in nation for 50-59 year olds at risk for hungerhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101911_az_fifties_hunger/az-3rd-nation-50-59-year-olds-risk-hunger/
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TucsonSentinel.comArizona ranks third nationally for 50 to 59 year olds at risk of hunger, with roughly 12 percent of people in this age group experiencing what is known as food insecurity, according to a report released in August by AARP.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Federal funds flowing to state doubled in 10 yearshttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/093011_az_federal_funds/federal-funds-flowing-state-doubled-10-years/
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TucsonSentinel.comArizona residents, governments and businesses received $64.4 billion in federal money in fiscal 2010, more than double what the state received in 2001, according to new data from the Census Bureau.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Arizona poverty levels among worst in nationhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091411_az_poverty/arizona-poverty-levels-among-worst-nation/
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TucsonSentinel.comArizona had one of the highest poverty rates in the nation in 2010, at 18.6 percent of the population, according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Five federal programs lead list of improper grant paymentshttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062711_federal_grants/five-federal-programs-lead-list-improper-grant-payments/
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TucsonSentinel.comThe Government Accountability Office has repeatedly found weaknesses in management of federal grants, placing billions of taxpayer dollars at risk.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
Gingrich's helicopter claim shot downhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051811_factcheck_gingrich/gingrichs-helicopter-claim-shot-down/
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TucsonSentinel.comRepublican Newt Gingrich mistakenly claimed on "Meet the Press" that a U.S. helicopter involved in the Osama bin Laden raid "was shot down." There's no evidence of that. On domestic affairs, Gingrich exaggerated or overstated the facts on food stamps, Medicare and Medicaid fraud, and the uninsured—making bad situations appear even worse.
2019-05-24T23:17:02+00:00
2nd highest poverty rate means hunger pangs for more Arizonanshttp://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122010_arizona_hunger/2nd-highest-poverty-rate-means-hunger-pangs-more-arizonans/
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TucsonSentinel.comThe Census Bureau's most recent report reveals a sobering reality: Arizona has the second highest poverty rate in the nation. Today, many Arizonans are experiencing need for the first time, and must seek assistance in ways they had never imagined. Increased demand for emergency food assistance is clear evidence of their plight.
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